The wedding is going to be in Finland. There are various options for flying there from the UK. If you book far in advance, you can get fairly cheap flights, so get them as soon as possible.

Here is some basic information about how to get there. We have no information about getting to Finland from places other than the UK since not many people need to.

If you're driving, take a look at the driving information page.

Buses

If you need to get a bus from Vasa to Vörå for the wedding, you'll find timetable information on this site.

There's an English version, which has an easy-to-use timetable search, but note that you will need to use the Finnish names for places: Vasa is Vaasa, Vörå is Vöyri.

Flying from the UK

From London

Flying from London, there are the following options for getting to Vasa cheaply. A generally good site for comparing prices and finding the cheapest deal is Kayak, though it doesn't include the budget airlines.

Easyjet to Helsinki

Easyjet fly from Gatwick to Helsinki. From Helsinki, you can get to Vasa either by train or by an internal flight using Blue1. The prices tend to be comparable. If you go by train, you need to get a bus into Helsinki from the airport. If you fly, you need to get a taxi into Vasa from the airport. Unfortunately, the Easyjet flight arrives in the evening, after the last train has gone and at the moment there are no Blue1 flights on offer that evening. It is possible to stay cheaply in Helsinki overnight, though: the olympic stadium hostel, for example, is very good and offers beds for about €20 per night. In the morning you'll have a 15-minute walk to the train station, where there are trains approximately every couple of hours to Vasa. Timetables are available from the Finnish railway company but booking from abroad doesn't seem to be an option at the moment. There are also plenty of buses that leave from just outside the train station - cheaper but quite a bit slower.

SAS to Vasa

A more convenient, but slightly pricier option is SAS (Scandinavian Airlines). You can book flights all the way to Vasa with them. At the time of writing, these are available for about £280 return.

Ryanair to Tampere

Alternatively, Ryanair fly from Stansted to Tampere (a bit less than halfway from Helsinki to Vasa). This is less convenient, though, unless you plan to rent a car when you get there. Trains from Tampere to Vasa have stopped by the time the plane gets in, so you'll need to stay in Tampere overnight - it's not exactly a scenic city and cheap accommodation is not easy to find. See above for train information.

From Edinburgh

It is also possible to fly straight from Edinburgh. Ryanair fly from Edinburgh to Stockholm and Blue1 fly from Stockholm to Vasa. However, these are different Stockholm airports and the buses between them cost so much that the journey's not as cheap as it looks.

Ryanair has recently launched flights from Edinburgh to Tampere, which at the moment is handy because it gets you there in the morning in plenty oftime for trains, but not so handy because they don't fly on the Friday or the Monday so you'll need to take a few days off. If this is ok, this could work out a cheaper way to get there. See above for train information.

Alternatively, book cheap train tickets to London (they can be very cheap if you book early) and fly from there.

From elsewhere in Scandinavia

Anyone coming from elswhere in Scandinavia will face similar problems with public tranport. Ferries go from Stockholm to Helsinki and Turku, from where you can easily get a train (or bus) up to Vasa. There are also ferries from Umeå in Sweden straight to Vasa. In general the ferries are quite cheap for foot passengers; bringing a car of your own has the advantage of making it much easier to get around once you're in Finland (things are a long way apart!). For an even more adventurous route, you can aim to end up in Estonia and take the Tallink ferry from Tallinn to Helsinki (and then on as above).

Vasa to Vörå

Staying in Norrvalla

Many people will probably be staying in Norrvalla (see accommodation), which is close to the church. There are buses from Vasa that go through Vörå, right past Norrvalla.

After the reception we will lay on a bus back to Norrvalla, but probably not to Vasa as quite a few people will be driving back with space in their cars for a few others.

Staying in Vasa

If you're staying in Vasa itself, you'll need to get to Vörå for the wedding. Depending on how many people are doing this, it may be possible to arrange lifts with people driving from Vasa, or we may lay on a bus on the day of the wedding.